PACIFIC PRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
THE nineteenth annual meeting of the stockholders of the Pacific Press Publishing Company was held at the office of the company, corner of Twelfth and Castro Streets, Oakland, Cal., Tuesday, May 15, 1894, at 4 o'clock P.M. After the usual opening exercises, the treasurer presented the balance sheet and revenue account for both the home and the branch offices, showing a net gain for the year of $26,462.71. The Committee on Resolutions presented the following report, which was unanimously adopted:— WHEREAS, The publishing work was organized among us to aid in carrying forward the cause of God; therefore, 1. Resolved, That we hereby express our sincere gratitude to God for his blessing and the marked degree of prosperity which has attended the Pacific Press during the past year, especially in view of the widespread business depression which has prevailed. WHEREAS, We are living in a time when investments in worldly enterprises and bank deposits are becoming more and more unsafe; and, WHEREAS, Experience has proved that the cause of God and its institutions afford the safest place for investment and deposit of means; therefore, 2. Resolved, That we recommend our people to deposit their money in the Pacific Press, and thus secure themselves from disappointment and loss. WHEREAS, The SIGNS OF THE TIMES was established as a pioneer paper, to carry the gospel message into new fields; therefore, 3. Resolved, That we request our people everywhere, and especially our laborers, to assist us in increasing its circulation by raising clubs of the paper for missionary work, and soliciting subscriptions for it. WHEREAS, The American Sentinel has ever stood as a consistent advocate and defender of liberty and the rights of man, as set forth in the gospel of Christ and taught by the founders of our government; therefore, 4. Resolved, That we will labor earnestly to give it the extended circulation which it deserves, and ask the hearty coöperation of all our people in this important work. WHEREAS, The children's paper, entitled Our Little Friend, is a great help in our Sabbath schools, and is an excellent means of instruction for the children; therefore, 5. Resolved, That we will labor to extend its circulation and increase its usefulness. WHEREAS, The Bible Students' Library contains, in cheap and convenient form, in uniform style, the greater number of our best and standard tracts on the various phases of present truth; and, WHEREAS, Special effort is being made and has been made to eliminate all that are not now needed, and to revise with the growth of the message those that are; therefore, 6. Resolved, That, while thanking God for the interest which has been taken and the assistance given in this publication by our people everywhere, we again appeal to them to coöperate with us in securing a still greater circulation of this literature. 7. Resolved, That we approve the action of the Board of Directors in the publication of the Apples of Gold Library, and that we express our gratitude for the hearty reception it has been given by our people. WHEREAS, Evening classes have, with the assistance of the Conference, been conducted during a part of the last year in connection with the Pacific Press for the benefit of their employees, and especially the apprentices; therefore, 8. Resolved, That we approve of the effort put forth by the board, carrying out the instruction of the last annual meeting, and advise the continuation of such classes in connection with the Pacific Bible School, if satisfactory arrangements can be made with the California Conference, and if such arrangements are not expedient, that the evening school be continued, if a suitable teacher can be obtained. 9. Resolved, That it is the opinion of the stockholders of this association that the employees, and especially the apprentices, should avail themselves of this opportunity, in harmony with the wishes and advice of the directors, and we ask of our brethren and sisters throughout this Conference that they heartily coöperate with us, not only in this respect, but in all the relations existing between the Pacific Press and its employees. 10. Resolved, That, to facilitate business and avoid unnecessary embarrassment, we empower the Board of Directors to appoint, previous to the annual meeting, the Committee on Nomination and Resolutions, to act at the meeting, the former of these committees to be obtained from among the stockholders of the association. The following named persons were elected as a Board of Directors for the ensuing year: C. H. Jones, Wm. Saunders, S. C. Stickney, W. M. Healey, J. H. Morrison, E. A. Chapman, and N. C. McClure. At a meeting of the directors held Wednesday, May 16, they organized as follows: President and General Manager, C. H. Jones; Vice President, Wm. Saunders; Secretary, E. A. Chapman; Treasurer, S. C. Stickney; Auditor, W. H. B. Miller. After the organization of the board, the following committees, etc., were appointed:— Publishing Committee: C. H. Jones, M. C. Wilcox, W. N. Glenn. Editor SIGNS OF THE TIMES, M. C. Wilcox. Editors American Sentinel, A. T. Jones, C. P. Bollman; Assistant Editor, A. F. Ballenger. Editors Our Little Friend, W. N. Glenn, Vesta J. Farnsworth. Editorial Committee on Libraries, M. C. Wilcox, W. N. Glenn, M. H. Brown. Manager New York Branch, T. A. Kilgore. Manager Kansas City Branch, S. N. Curtiss.